Hold'em table

7s6d offsuit is a weak hand even from the button in a 3-max game; folding avoids playing a marginal spot out of position postflop.

Completing costs only 50 chips into a 150-chip pot, giving favorable immediate pot odds heads-up. I’ll avoid inflating the pot with a raise using this weak hand.

We hold 54s in the big blind facing a small blind limp, so checking back to see a free flop with position and good playability is optimal.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on a coordinated flop, so I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into the big blind.

We hold bottom pair with a weak kicker on a wet board; checking back allows us to control the pot size and see a turn card in position.

I have no made hand or meaningful draw on this turn, so I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into the pot.

I have bottom pair with a gutshot straight draw, giving me reasonable showdown value and outs to improve. Checking behind controls the pot and lets me see the river for free.

I have only seven-high and no credible value bet. Checking takes the free showdown rather than risking chips against a likely call on this three-spade board.

I have bottom pair which has decent showdown value against missed unpaired hands in a limped, checked-down pot.

As the button in a three-handed unopened pot, a small raise can win the blinds and gives me position postflop. 8♦2♦ is weak, but suited and playable enough to include as a steal.

T4o is well below the continuing range in the small blind against a button open.

JTs is a strong, playable hand and I only need 150 more to see a flop with a pot already at 400, giving excellent odds against a likely wide button open. Calling keeps my range capped-free and playable in position-less streets.

I have an open-ended straight draw (any Q or 8) out of position against the preflop raiser on a K-high board that favors their range. Checking keeps the pot small, preserves fold equity for a later check-raise, and avoids bloating the pot without a made hand.

A small continuation bet leverages my preflop range advantage on the king-high flop, while my backdoor diamond and straight possibilities give this weak hand some equity when called.

I have an open-ended straight draw (any Q or 8) with two overcard-ish outs, and calling 180 into a 730 pot with implied odds on later streets is profitable. Raising as a semi-bluff against a preflop raiser who barreled is riskier than needed.

I have an open-ended straight draw plus a heart flush draw, but checking keeps the pot small and gives a free card with 15 outs against seat_2's preflop raise.

I have only eight-high with no meaningful draw, and the flop call suggests the opponent can continue against a turn bluff. I’ll take the free card and avoid building the pot.

My pair of eights has some showdown value after the river checks through, but a bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands or fold better ones. I’ll take the free showdown.

95s is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play.

Seven-two offsuit is the worst starting hand in hold'em, and even from the button in a 3-handed game it has no profitable way to play against two live blinds. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

T3 suited is weak out of position, but the 50-chip call is getting a favorable price in a heads-up pot and preserves its flush potential.

Holding 93o in the big blind against a small blind limp, taking the free flop is the standard play.

I have no pair or immediate draw on this ace-high board, so I’ll check rather than invest chips with a weak hand.

I have nine-high with no draw on an Ace-King board, so taking a free turn card in position is standard.

I have only a gutshot draw and can take a free river; betting into a board that likely connects with the caller’s range is unlikely to fold enough better hands.

I have nine-high with no draw on a broadway-heavy board, so checking behind to see the river for free is the safest line.

My pair of tens has modest showdown value, and the river completes several strong straight and two-pair possibilities. Checking avoids turning that value into a bluff or getting called mostly by better hands.

I have a 9 which plays as A-K-Q-T-9, beating any unimproved air that plays the board. Checking has no risk and allows me to showdown without risking chips against paired hands.

J6 suited is playable on the button in a three-handed game, so I’ll open-raise to apply pressure and take initiative.

Folding T9 offsuit from the small blind against a button raise as it plays poorly out of position.

4s2h is the worst hand in hold'em and I'm out of position facing a 2.5x button raise; folding loses only the 100bb already posted and avoids bleeding chips with no equity.

Q3o is too weak to profitably open from the button, even in 3-handed play. Folding is the standard disciplined decision.